Tag: politics

Earliest returns: Non-socialists lead

The first rounds of election results just after polls closed in Norway Monday night showed what the public opinion polls had been suggesting for...

Voting wraps up in election thriller

Norway's two biggest parties, Labour and the Conservatives, were running neck-and-neck heading into Monday's parliamentary elections in Norway, while the fate of the small...

Campaigning, Norwegian style

PICTURE STORY: The political party booths that popped up in downtown Oslo late this summer have been busy during the past week, as Norwegians...

Oslo’s Olympic bid draws more fire

Not even the former sponsor chief for Norway's largest bank, Jacob Lund, thinks it's a good idea for Oslo to host the Winter Olympics...

Solberg ready to finally grip power

With just a few days left before Norwegian voters cast their ballots, Conservative Party leader and election frontrunner Erna Solberg is ready to grip...

Stoltenberg still wants UN mandate

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg didn't manage to convince all his Nordic colleagues or US President Barack Obama that no attack on Syria should be...

Homeowners’ group pulls erroneous ads

Norway's nationwide organization representing homeowners, Huseiernes Landsforbund, apologized to the country's finance minister and withdrew an ad campaign claiming that the Labour-led government had...

Stolen bikes found in Roma camp

Police and city employees found 36 stolen bicycles when they were called in to clear out another illegal camp of Roma folk in the...

Resurgent Greens stir up campaign

Norway's Green Party has moved off the sidelines of Norwegian politics and firmly into the pre-election fray, with its uncompromising plans "to lift Norway...

Conservatives, OL win school elections

UPDATED: Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) scored what some were calling an "historic" victory on Tuesday when it won the nationwide school elections that poll...
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